About block 970,048
Bitcoin block 970,048 was mined by F2Pool on October 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC, 9 min 24 s after block 970,047. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,840 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 970,048 is number 353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,952 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,544 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.